I am laying decorative white marble gravel on soil. Should I lay a liner on the soil first ?

Answer 1

that's how it's usually done. otherwise you wind up with dirty whilte marble, and you don't want that. use landscape fabric, not plastic, as it breathes and lets the water into the soil.

Answer 2

think about the day that you decide you want to change the front beds and remove all that white marble.... would you rather have some fabric under it so you can lift and remove a bunch at one time, or would you rather try to shovel the stuff up and pick it out of the soil piece by piece?....

YES, on the landscape fabric as a liner!!!.....

Answer 3

You should put down the heaviest plastic liner you can find. You don't need to worry about water getting through, if you have shrubs or trees planted in the rocks, make the opening in the plastic as wide as the shrub will be when full grown, in that area you could put in landscape fabric to let water in.
Heavy plastic would be good because it lasts better over time, and easier to gather up the rock and slide them off when you want to get rid of them. If you ever want to sell your house, you'll probably need to remove them, since white rock looks so horribly unnatural and hasn't been fashionable since the 70s, seeing it around a house would turn away a LOT of buyers.

Answer 4

My white marble gravel has a liner. Where do you live? I have a ton of white marble in my front and side landscaping that I would give to you for free!

Answer 5

You should lay down a liner of weed barrier or a heavy plastic film. The weed barrier is a better choice because it will allow water to drain.

Answer 6

You don't necessarily have to, because the gravel tends to be its own weed prevention, but you could lay down a weedcloth as extra precaution.

Answer 7

I would, especially if you ever have to move it and not have to dig it up and pick through the soil. Be careful of anywhere that erosion can occur, cause it probably will. And lastly...don't put it anywhere that needles or leaves will get near it, they will get embedded and stain the rock.